The venue for UFC 193 in Australia has been announced as the promotion will be holding its November pay-per-view card at the Etihad Stadium in Melbourne.
The UFC announced the venue on Wednesday afternoon in a press release.
UFC 193 will take place on November 15 (airs live on pay-per-view on November 14) and will be headlined by a title fight as Robbie Lawler defends the welterweight title against Carlos Condit.
“Finally the UFC is coming to Melbourne in what will be the biggest UFC event EVER!” UFC president Dana White said. “There’s been a lot of talk about Melbourne, title fights and stadium shows. The UFC is doing all three at the Etihad Stadium in front of 70,000 people. Australia has been an amazing market for the UFC and to thank the Aussies for all of their support we are bringing the superstar of the welterweight division, UFC World Champion Robbie Lawler. He will be facing the always-exciting “Natural Born Killer” Carlos Condit. Robbie Lawler is coming off of the most exciting title defense in welterweight history. We are also bringing the rematch of the greatest heavyweight fight I have ever seen between New Zealand legend Mark Hunt vs. Big Foot Silva. November 15 is going to be insane!”
Tickets will be available at www.ticketmaster.com.au and ticket prices will be available at a later date. UFC Fight Club members will have first access to purchase tickets starting on Monday September 14 at 10 a.m. AEST via the website www.ufcfightclub.com. The presale will then extend to UFC 193: Lawler vs. Condit microsite registrants and UFC newsletter subscribers, starting at 10 a.m. AEST on Wednesday, September 16. To access this presale, users must register via the UFC 193: Lawler vs. Condit microsite at UFC.com/melbourne. General on sale will commence on Monday, September 21 at 10 a.m. AEST.
The current UFC 193: Lawler vs. Condit fight card is below.
Robbie Lawler (26-10, 1NC) vs. Carlos Condit (30-8)
Mark Hunt (10-10-1) vs. Antonio Silva (19-7-1)
Michael Bisping (27-7) vs. Robert Whittaker (14-4)
Jake Matthews (8-1) vs. Akbarh Arreola (23-9-1)
Kyle Noke (20-7-1) vs. Peter Sobotta (15-4-1)
Anthony Perosh (15-9) vs. Gian Villante (13-5)
Daniel Kelly (9-1) vs. Ricardo Abreu (5-1)
Richard Walsh (8-4) vs. Steve Kennedy (22-7)